UNRWA says severe malnutrition spreading to southern Gaza
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Malnutrition in Gaza is reportedly spreading to the Strip's south as hundreds of thousands are forced to share the abysmal airdrops that are not enough to sustain even half the population.
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Palestinian crowds struggle to buy bread from a bakery in Rafah, the Gaza Strip, February 18, 2024 (AP)
The Gaza Strip is facing a major food shortage, with the situation so dire that people are resorting to using animal feed as a source of food, according to Adnan Abu Hasna, a media advisor for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
In a press statement, Abu Hasna said that the situation in the Gaza Strip was "miserable" and that "the food shortage is a major catastrophe." He added that the aid that has been airdropped into the Strip was not enough nor was it reaching all of those who need it.
Abu Hasna stressed the need for immediate food and water supplies to be sent to the Gaza Strip, warning that malnutrition is becoming a serious problem, especially in the southern part of the Strip.
"Israel" not only has blocked aid from entering the Strip but blatantly targeted a gathering of starved Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid packages on Thursday at the Kuwait Roundabout in southern Gaza, Al Mayadeen's correspondent had reported.
The death toll has risen to over 100 martyrs, with 200 others injured. The Gaza Ministry of Health emphasized that the Kuwait roundabout massacre was further proof of the Israeli occupation's intentions to commit more horrendous crimes, and added that the number of martyrs is expected to increase as more casualties, in dire condition, arrived at the different hospitals in Gaza.
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, described the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as "manmade", and accused "Israel" of using starvation and hunger as a "war arm".
